ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1593, 25 June 1887, Page 3

ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS

Lord Salisbury ban refused to recognise thfl French pretensions ia Madagascar. A marriflgo has beon arranged between Duke JVlbtecht of Wurtemburg and the daughter of the Crown Prince Frederick William

A duel took plaoo near Pariß on May 18, between Victor Koning, husband of Mtidnmo Jane Hading, a well known actress, and M Lacoar, a journalist;, who had written an article reflecting on Madame Hading. M Lacour was wounded.

The central orator of Mount Etna was Satire, nil the morning of May 31, and Uva flowed id larga volomo Masses of stones and cindorß were thrown to a great height, and hd»vy olouda of smoke envelofed the cone of the mountain.

The Key Dr McGlynn, recalcitrant Roman Oatholio pastor of St Stephen*, New York, who refuses to obey the dictum of the Pope, Jo about to embrace Protestantism. In his lectures on " The New Cruaade" he does not hesitafe to freely oriticise, and even satirize, the Roman Pontiff, h -•. •

Russia according id the London "Standard" of May. 18, olaimN nndor Iho expanse of territory m Afghanistan that a part is already m dispute. Troops were sent to Nare and other villages m the vicinity on M*y 18 to eappresa 'the rlota between the peasants and the land owners, growing oat of the ownership of. the 'WOOdB:' ■■ ■■• . '£ '■r-:-,';;.T. -■:■ •.'...,-, • /-

It 1b how itated, on the authority of a tolegram from Odessa, published In "the Vienna, «'Tamblatt< ? on May 24,. that the Czar returned to St ' Petersburg from the Don Gowaok country threo days earlier than h6 had inUbdod, owln« to an attempt made by astqdfliat to bill him oh May 18i during the ceremonies at Novo Oherkask, firing at him os ho rodo by In bii carriage.

A letter, w.rltten by JWr Andrew Carnegie, of Philadelphia,, a Scotchman, by birth, and a naturalised citizen of the United States, refusing to take part m the oolebratioDß of the Queen's Jublleo, and giving his reasons thorefor, has created a great sensition. Mr Oarncgle speaks of the land of his birth, and of the English lo their present aituation In terms of ttie bitterest oon tempt, and declares that tho only day t> be observed is the 4th of July.

Despatches from London of May 16 say that tho Finanoial Secretary of India has adv. aed tho Government of the discovery of an immenso amount of treumrs, ' estimated at over £5,000,000, which has been secreted m tho Palace of the Girallor by tha Maharajah. The treasure found was sunk In pits under the vaults beneath Yenana, and tho secret was entrusted to only a few confidential servants. The Secretary wan present when the treasure was unearthed. After removing the soil to a depth of six foet, a great fhgsfcone wn revealed, and beneath this seven pits filled with allver, chiefly,, freshly coined rupees. In each pit wai » plate recording the amount of the trtesute, and the officers who assisted In seoietlng It. The iudian Government hril taken tho hoard as a loan from the young Maharajah. The native papora protest against this aotion, /•■' - v .